Typewriting machine



Jan. 14, A' G' KUPETZ TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Aug. 19, 1927 Patented Jan. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT ori-ics ADOLPH G. KUPETZ, OE NEW YORK, N. Y., Assis-'NOE 'ro UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT FISHER COMPANY', OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A oOnroEATIoNy OF DELAWARE `TYPEWRITING MACHINE Application filed August 19,V 1927. Serial 'No.`213,994.

The present invention relates to collating tables for typewriting machines.

In many factories it is customary to furnish each hourly-rated employee with a paycheck slip which show'a statement of the employees pay-roll account, usually including the-rate, time worked, amount earned, deductions, etc. It is important that the data on such pay-check slips be the same as that recorded on the weekly pay-roll sheet. This may be had by typing the dataon the payroll sheet and carbon-copying it on the paycheck slip. It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved collating table for quickly inserting and collating in a typewriting machine a small, short, paycheck slip relative to a pay-roll sheet, so that certain vertical columns on the latter may be superposed over corresponding columns of the pay-check slip. j Y v In carrying out my present invention, provision is made of a lateral mounting bar supported on the ends of theplaten-carriage of the typewriter. A collating table in two separate sections is supported on the mounting bar at the delivery side of the platen, each section bearing a side-edge gage. The righthand section has a depending conoavo-convex finger for' guiding the right edge of the payf check slip against the platen, and means for adjusting the linger toward Lor away from the platen. The left-hand table-section is laterally adjustable. The above-mentioned pay-check slips aye front inserted, and a bottom-edge gage is arranged for them by using the front feed-rolls at thel bottom of the platen.

A feature of the present invention is the provision of a readily operated latch for locking the left-hand side-edge gage 4in any one of a plurality-of predetermined operative positions so thatthe collating table'may be' conveniently used with dilferent widths of pay-roll sheets and pay-checkslips. j Other features andpadvantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a partial front elevationalview of an Underwood typewriting machine having myv invention appliedV thereto.V

ing the construction of a latch for the movable l side-edge gage. j y Figure 6 is a fragmentary diagrammatic view of an Underwood typewritin'g machine havingy my invention applied thereto and illustrating how it maybe employed in simultaneously typingl pay-roll' sheets. and paychecl-slipsof pay-roll accounts. 7 i

In an Underwood ltypewriting machine, types 10 strike against a platen 11 mounted on a shaft 12, Whichis journaled in ends 13 of a platen-frame, generally designated as 14. The ends 13have 4integral flanges 15 at their tops. A'usual paper-table 16 is fastened between the ends 13 at the receiving side of the platen and has an apron 17 extending forwardly and arranged with usual cut-outs to permit rear feed-rolls 18 and front feed-rolls 19 to engage against the platen in the usual way. l y

^ he platen llvm'ay be line-spaced by means of finger-wheels 20, or usual line-spacing mechanism, not shown. This mechanism maybe operatively connected with a ratchetwheel 21 on the platen-shaft 12. The feedrolls 18 and 19 maybe released, i. e., moved away from the platen by the usual means, not shown. 7

' For mounting my improved collating table i over the/adjacent screw y26. A paper-ta le 30 extends from substantially midway of the ends of the platen 11 to a pointadjacent the right end of thelatter, and is fastened on the cross-bar 27 foradjustment up and down by screws 31 engaging in elongated slots 32. At positioning of column 51 is made laterally adthe right end of the table 30, a portion thereof is bent forward to form a side-edge gage 33 for Work-pieces and is further bent parallel with the body of the table to form a guidethroat 34 for a purpose to presently, appear. The guide 34 may have an integralling'aer 35 which extends downwardly adjacent Vthe top edge of apron 17, and is curved substantially parallel to the platen.

It is a feature in the present invention to provide a quickly adjustable side-edge gage mounted for co-operation With the laterally' fixed side-edge gage 33. Tothisenhamounting plate 38 is slidably fastened against the forvvardsdeof the. bar27., .by having integral T-Shapedportons att-.each endof .the plato bent rearwardly to form sleeve-like elements 39 which. engage around the bar27v with a sliding lit, as illustrated in Figure 4. Arcelllating .table 4.0, having ,integral Sdefedge gage 41 at its. leftlside, may be riveted; to

Y mounting plate 38.., A.Y 1eet-Spring421ney be Yas fastened to. the rear fece. ofi the. rghtrhand sleeve-element 39 by al screw 4,3,. so asto lie alongside Ofzthereer. faoeof the. mount-.ngber 27, as shown in Figures 4 and. 5.. The free end of the spring 42 has anE upward finger-piece proiecton 44 terminating in. a bell 4.5.- A. forwardly-projecting pin. 4.6. is rigidly .fasf tened in the freeeldQ-the yspring 42, and the reslienty 0f' the ,Spring normally tende: t0 press the pin forward against the. bar 2,7. Two or moreholeset? are maden the. ber v27 the pethot the pin 46,.end,f-vl1en the latter is moved oppositel one of the holes,.it snaps intoitby pressure et the springeaend locks the gage. 41 securely against: lateralvv lnovef ment.v It will benoted that the. gage 41 may be locked in a plurality of differ-ent prede;

termined, operativepositions,` by simply prov viding the requisite number of properly-lo,-

` cated holes 47 in the mounting bar 27 The location of the holes 47 relative to thegside gage 33 willgbe presently'set forth,

InI one use ofthe present invention, a. payrolleheet 5.0,' having vertical Columns 51 for usuel data, is fedV aroundthe platen 15.1 from therear (seeFgureS. l.y and 2%, and itsleft edge sgeged against. the. sdefedge. gage.,` 4.1..

The 'sides of this sheet 50 may be squared with the Print-ings line by setting. the usnaladjuetable Vteer Side-edge gegenot. Show-nt; en. the, rear papenvtable 16, to. registerl or elo-operate,

vrithy the Side-edge. gege 4l.. Column 5.1; nea-nest the right edge of. the. payfroll sheet() is; usually disposed a distance fromthel-.aterallye fixed. side-edge gage deternei-ned1bythe.l cli-sf.

tenoebetween the right edge 'ofY @rev-Cheek slip. 52, andi al column.V 53 on the, slip nearest the; right. edge therecnt.. Column, 51. is.- re-4 quired toi/register with, .i-.v e., to be superposedV oyer Ycelumnyv 53 and, since the latter column 1S gags@ i by# thflat-elally-xed side-edge gage:

3.3, the, side-edge gage 41. 'which Controls: theY justable. It may therefore be used for gaging different Widths of pay-roll sheets or for gaging the same pay-roll sheet 50 with a plurality of pay-check slips 52 of different Widths.

To accurately positionthe column 53 on the small short pay-check slips 52 at right angles to the printing line, a bottom-edge gage to cooperate with the side-edge gage 33 is necesthe leading. portion of the sheet and Will hold 4 it substantialily upright With` the lefthand andcan easilyy insert the greater portion of the smallpay-checl; slip 52 and a 'superposed carbonfsheet 54 with the right hand down bef hind the pay-roll sheetuntil the bottom edge ofthe slip52 is stoppedzby the feed-rolls19. The; right edge of the slip Willbe kept in engagement With the side-edge gage33. all the timevvhile; being inserted. To provide for keeping the right-hand portion ofthe paycheck slipy closely adjacent the platen for propel. enga-gement with. the bottom-edge gage; feed-rollsllhthe guide-nger35 has means for moving it toward and from the platemwhich include .the arrangement of the p apelftble 30 with the4 elongated slot 32. llhe upper portion of the righthand edge of thepay-check slipis held adjacent thev platen bythe guide 34..

It will be. noted that employment of the ballftipped linger-piece 44 on the end of the spring' 42 permits an operative to both unlatch and.; shift the sidefedge gage 41 from one position to the nextat one operation by simply: pressing ongtheball 4 5 in a direction at an. actutegangleto the bar 271 Valltqns may be, resorted to Within the Y scope of the invention, and portions of the irn-v profvement-s may be used. Without others.

i Having- Vthus described my invention, I claim:

Iny a.v typewriting machine havinga carriageand af platen around Whichmay 'be fed af payfrolfl sheethaving-vertical columns adjacent its right edge, means for collating in printing posi-tion` behind said sheet a frontinserted'payecheek statement-slip partly0 underlying said' sheet and having vertical columns' adjacent its left edgeso thatsaid lastnamed columns Will align with said firstnamed co1umns,saidmeans including,in combination, a lateral mountingV bar supported. between the ends of said platen-carriage above thedelivery side of said platen, a lat..-v

erally movable collating table for said payroll sheet supported on said mounting bar adjacent the left end of said platen, a side edge gage at the left side of said collating table, a laterally xed collating table for said paycheck slip fastened on said mounting bar to the right of said irst-namedtable, a side-edge gage at the right side ofv said last-named table, means for latching said-first-named collating table in a plurality ef predetermined positions on said mounting bar, a bottom edge gage for-said pay-check slip including feedrolls which engage against the forward side of said platen below the printing line thereof, and means for guiding the bottom edge of the exposed right-end portion of said pay-check slip into operative engagement with the junction of said feed-rollsand said platen. s

2. In a typewriting machine having a carriage and a platen around which may be fed a pay-roll sheet having vertical columns adjacent its right edge, means for collating in printing position behind said sheet a paycheck statement-slip partly underlying said sheet and having vertical columns adjacent its left edge so that said last-named columns will register in said first-named columns, said means including, in combination, a perforated lateral mounting bar Supported between the ends of said platen-carriage above the delivery side of said platen, a laterally movable coll ating table for said pay-roll sheet supported on said mounting bar adjacent the left end of said platen, an integral side-edge gage at the left side of said collating table, a collating table for said pay-check slip fastened on said mounting bar for adjustment up and down and disposed to the right of said first-named collating table, an integral sideedge gage at the right side of said last-named collating table, a bottom edge gage for said pay-check slip including feed-rolls engaging against the forward side of said platen below the printing line, a guide-finger for directing said pay-check slip downwardly along the periphery of said platen into engagement with said bottom edge gage, said guide-finger being arranged for adjustment toward or from said platen by the up-and-down movement of said collating table to which it is attached, and a latch fastened to said firstnained collating table and including a springpressed pin arranged for engaging in the perfor-ations in said mounting barfor locking the first-named side-edge gage in a plurality of positions relative to said second-named sideedge gage, whereby different widths of payroll sheets may be collated with said checksli In a typewriting machine having a carriage and a platen around which may be fed a work-sheet having vertical columns adjacent its right edge, means for collating in vprinting position behind said work-sheet, a small pay-check statement-slip extending out from the right side thereof and having ver-4 tical columns adjacent its left edge so that tom edge gage for said slip includingfeedrolls engaging againstthe forward sideof the platen below the printing line thereof,

and a device for guiding the bottomv edge of the exposed right-end portion 'of said paycheek slip into operative engagement with said bottom-edge gage.

4; In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a platen-carriage, a papertable supported on said carriage at the delivery sideoiI said platen, a side-edge gage on said paper-table against which a front-inserted work-piece may be laterally positioned, a bottom edge'gage for said short work-piece, including` feed-rolls engaging against the forward vside of the platen below the 'printing line thereof, and means for guiding a bottomedge portion of said work-piece adjacent said side-edge gage v into operative engagement with said bottom-edge gage` "said guiding means being adjustable toward and from said platen. j Y

' 5. In a device ofthe'class described, in

combination, a platen, a slotted collating table at the delivery side of said platen for inserting a short work-piece to printing position in front of said platen, albottom edge gage' for said work-piece including lower feed-rolls engaging against said platen, a side-edge gage on said collatingtable, an integralk down-A wardly-depending guide-finger -on said gage bent substantially parallel with the periphery of -said 'platen in close proximity thereto for guiding said work-piece ybetween said feed-rollsl and said platen, and means for moving saidguide-finger toward or from said platen,including mounting devicesfor said table engaging through elongatedmounting slots therein and effective to permitsaid table to be raised or lowered relative to the platen.

6. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen-carriage, a platen around which may be fed from the rear a work-sheet which extends from adjacent the left end of the platen laterally over a large portion thereof, a paper-table for said work-sheet on said carriage at the delivery side ofthe platen, a left-hand side-edge gage on said table,rand means for rearwardly inserting in printing position in said machine la small work-piece and a superposed carbon, said work-piece and said carbon'partly underlying said yworksheet, said means inoludinga paper-table-on said carriage positioned to the right of the right edge Vof said work-sheet, a bottom edge gage for said small work-piece including feed-rolls below the printing line, the eiiective gaging portions of said feed-roll being the upper parts thereof adjacent their lines of tangency with said platen, a guide-pice eifective for holding the upper portion of the right-hand edge of said small Work-pice adjacent the platen, a depending linger on said guide-piece for directing the right-hand portion of the bottom edge of said small workpiece into eiective engagement with said bottom edge gage, and a right-hand side-edge gage for said small. work-piece positioned for causing a portion thereof to be disposed beyond the right edge of said work-sheet, whereby the latter will help to guide` said small work-piece into eiilective engagement with said bottom edge gage, the latter gage and said last-named side-edge gage co-operating with said Work-sheet for holding said small work-piece squarely in position relative to the printing line.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble platen, a platen-carriage and a lateral mounting bar supported on the ends of said carriage, of a collatingtable at the delivery side of said platen having two elongated mounting 'slots disposed in planes perpendicular to the axis of the platen, a side-edge gage on said table including a forwardly-extending flanged member at one side of said table, a throat for receiving a sideedge portion of a Work-piece -inserted downwardly over said table, including an inreaching extension on said iiange, a bottom-edge gage for said work-piece, including upper portions of lower feed-rolls adjacent the contact lines of said feed-rolls and said platen, the bottom edge of said Work-piece engaging substantially against the junctions of said feed-rolls and said platen, andmeans for guiding the lower edge of said Work-piece to said junction, including a downwardly-extending integral guide-piece on said extension curved substantially parallel to the periphery of said platen.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage, a platen and a mounting bar extending between the ends of said carriage at the delivery side of said platen, of a collating table disposed adjacent the left end of said platen and having a left-hand side-edge gage for laterally gaging a wide pay-roll sheet fed around the platen from the rear, said sheet having vertical columns adjacent its right edge in which data is typed, a collating table supported on said mounting bar to the right of said first-named table and havingV a right-hand side-edge gage for gaging a front-inserted pay-check slip and an overlyingcarbon to typing position, said sliplying partly behind said statement-sheet and having columns adjacent its left edge corresponding to the columns on said statement-sheet adjacent .the right-hand edge thereof, a bottom-edge gage or'said slip, and means for guiding the right-hand portion of the bottom edge of said slip into engagement with said bottom-edge gage, said guiding means includingan integral member on said right-hand collating table, said left-hand collating table being laterally adjustable, said right-hand collating table being laterally fixed and movable up and down for adjustment of said guiding member toward or from the platen, said left-hand side-edge gage and said right-handside-edge gage, and said bottom-edge gage co-operating to bring said columns of said pay-roll sheet and the corresponding columns of said` pay-check slip in registration with each other.

ADOLPH G. KUPETZ.

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